Department of Justice
Recent News About Department of Justice
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Hui Chen, a former prosecutor for the Department of Justice, said that the real issue behind Boeing's rejected plea deal is the flawed corporate monitorship system.
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The court-authorized law enforcement operation stopped botnet devices infected by People’s Republic of China state-sponsored hackers with Technology Group, according to a Sept. 18 news release from the US Department of Justice (DOJ).
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National Taxpayers Union: Google antitrust case 'could be very damaging to American competitiveness'Nicholas Johns, senior policy and government affairs manager at the National Taxpayers Union, said the government’s arguments within its antitrust case against Google demonstrate a clear shift from past precedent, which could be very damaging to American competitiveness.
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The United States filed a civil forfeiture complaint against a $300 million superyacht owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov. The yacht was seized by the United States in 2022.
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Jareh Sebastian Dalke pleaded guilty to six counts of attempting to transmit classified National Defense Information (NDI) to an agent of Russia. Dalke was an employee of the National Security Agency from June 6, 2022, to July 1, 2022, where he served as an Information Systems Security Designer.
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A civil antitrust lawsuit against Agri Stats Inc. has been filed by The Justice Department for organizing and managing anticompetitive information exchanges among broiler chicken, pork, and turkey processors.
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Bianca Riddle a resident of Gloucester, and Connex Family Services, LLC, a Warrenton-based company, have agreed to pay $918,000 to settle a civil fraud claim that Connex and Riddle submitted or authorized the submission of false claims to TRICARE and Medicaid.
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A private equity investor and former senior Staples executive was sentenced in federal court in Boston for making false claims that payments he made to the University of Southern California were tax-deductible as a business expense and a charitable contribution
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In an opposition filed with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Google argued that Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter's previous work in private practice demonstrates his bias against Google. Kanter is the head of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Antitrust Division.
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Aiming to scrutinize Google's market success and the popularity of its search engine, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has begun its antitrust trial against Google in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The lawsuit is perceived by some as an attempt to reshape antitrust law to align with a more progressive stance.
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In a recent development, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has detained a Russian international money launderer for smuggling military-grade electronics from the United States to Russian elites. Maxim Marchenko, a Russian citizen residing in Hong Kong, has been accused of various offenses, including conspiring to defraud the United States, smuggling, wire fraud, and money laundering. The DOJ believes that Marchenko was involved in an illegal scheme to obtain dual-use microelectronics with military applications from the US for end users in Russia.
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Williams: "The career prosecutors in this Office are dedicated to securing justice for the most vulnerable victims of sexual abuse and exploitation".
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Enrique Tarrio, the former national chairman of the Proud Boys, has been sentenced to 22 years in prison and 36 months of supervised release in Miami, Florida. Tarrio and three co-defendants were found guilty of multiple felonies, including seditious conspiracy, for their involvement in the breach of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
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A Canadian national has been handed a 20-year prison sentence for his participation in numerous ransomware attacks that cost victims tens of millions of dollars.
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The ex-husband of former Georgia state employee pleaded guilty to participating in a scam that defrauded the U.S. government of more than $1.3 million.
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An Indiana licensed insurance broker was charged by a federal grand jury with six counts of wire fraud for a $4 million investment fraud and Ponzi scheme and has been released from custody under his own recognizance.
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A Massachusetts woman was found guilty of participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Retired New York Police Department officer Thomas Webster is going to prison for 10 years for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, including attacking a law enforcement officer.
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A California man sentenced late last month following his conviction for being part of a $28 million genetic testing kickback scheme helped make medical care more expensive for taxpayers, a U.S. attorney said in a news release
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A former supervisory correctional officer at Valdosta State Prison (VSP) recently pleaded guilty for attempting to cover up an assault on an inmate by correctional officers.